Educational reference. Measured from 276 recorded 5m bars of MNQ (Micro E mini Nasdaq 100) on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
Fast Stochastics %K crossed above 80 8 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 15 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 9.1% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 50.7%, and below 20 for 40.2%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 9.1% | 25 | 8 | 15 min | 35 min | |
| Between 20 and 80 | 50.7% | 140 | 40 | 10 min | 60 min | |
| Below 20 | 40.2% | 111 | 32 | 12 min | 55 min |
The fast line is the unsmoothed version of the same range calculation, so it reaches the extremes far more often than the smoothed %K and leaves them sooner.
Here the reading entered overbought territory 8 times, with a median stay of 15 minutes and a longest of 35. The gap between this page's visit count and the smoothed Stochastics page for the same session is a direct measure of how much the smoothing removes.